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Drowning Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Hickory, North Carolina · EIN 56-1320833 · Public Safety & Disaster · tax-exempt since 2022

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 49.0 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 23,325 public safety & disaster nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.26.3 months62
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.65% of practices65
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.12
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.99% from one source17
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100

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Year by year

2022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$127K$151K−$25K$332K26.30D
Jul 2024Form 990$184K$114K$70K$357K37.70C
Jul 2023Form 990$136K$106K$30K$298K33.80C
Jul 2022Form 990-EZ$93K$67K$26K$256K46.2D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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